Job 3:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.”

Job 3:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 3:16 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 3:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light.”

Job 3:16 — World English Bible

Job 3:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light. ”

Job 3:16 — American Standard Version

Job 3:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“(Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants--they have not seen light.)”

Job 3:16 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 3:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that have not seen the light.”

Job 3:16 — Darby Translation

Job 3:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Or why was I not hid, as an vntimely birth, either as infants, which haue not seene the light?”

Job 3:16 — Geneva Bible

Job 3:16 in Context — Job 3

14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;

15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

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What Does Job 3:16 Mean?

Job 3:16 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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